L Y R I C S

A warm wind blows gently from the hillsideThe birches and the pines stand strong and greenTheir branches sway so tenderly in the sunlightLike they're dancing with the waters of the sea

Like fingertips your breath glides across itThe glassy waters ripple at your touchI marvel while all creation stands in gloryHarmoniously existing, I feel a rush of somethingSwelling up inside, reviving what has diedInviting me to join

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You're taking my breath away with every glanceYour surpassing beauty offers me a chance to share in it myself, but I am unworthyOh I'm so unworthyAnd I'm awestruck by this radiant lightThe shadows that once enveloped me flee with all their might in this glorious springtimeYour dawn, my delight

What can compare to my beloved?The glaciers and canyons all fall shortI believe every mountain would crumbleThe very earth would split apart without your support

With all you ever wanted, all you ever needed to liveI know it's simple but it's all I have left to giveWho is gonna stand by our side through all the years?Who is gonna save us from this Valley of Tears?

Never thought I'd fall this farAlways thought I'd be the one to think things throughBreaking away leaves scars, I tried to force it to be trueBut you...Oh, because of you

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Run, run baby it's over nowTake one last breath and let it out

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3. Desert Soil

Scorched earth and blistered handsLiving streams so far awayBeckoned me into this placeIn this desert I remain

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The light will penetrate the darkness of my soulIlluminate the caverns no other dares to goTurn this desert soil into clayAnd with this desert soil sculpt away

Allure me softly, charming LoveWhisper words so tenderlyIntimate moment, hearts beat as one‘Til we emerge, ‘til on you I lean

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Spear me fiercely, carve away / Every blemish, all decayBring comfort to all the waste / Places in my lifeMake the desert bud and nourish / ‘Til like Eden bloom and flourishJoy and gladness love has purchased / So I sing this melody

Remove the crust from my eyes and tiptoe downSit cross-legged and stare at the stoneThis is all I’ve ever been shownBut there’s safety in my mundane little throne

And these cavern walls are all I’ve ever knownStaring at the shadows in the emptiness, aloneYet I’m content to stayAfraid to wonder, to dream, afraid to break

There’s something stirring in my core these daysMy illusion has held me in his embraceHow can I trust what I don’t know?This is all new, I’ve never felt this way before

And these cavern walls are all I’ve ever knownStaring at the shadows in the emptiness, aloneYou’re making me feel braveAnd at the same time I’ve never been so afraid

You’ve convinced me that there’s more, if I just dare—But what if you lead me from this cave and abandon me out there?What if I love you fiercely but you come to scorn?What if this sacred stony curtain then is torn?

I’m tornI’m torn

I’m tornI’m torn

You’re making me feel braveAnd at the same time I’ve never been so afraid

Lost in a labyrinth of hopeClues are hidden discreetly through the terrors of the sharp-stoned canopyYou’ll emerge from these trials stronger than beforeThe desert cannot swallow you if you endure the warThat is waging deep within your bonesRaging in recesses of your soul

So don’t give in, now, friend. Don’t give in, now, lovely one.

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A little sparkIs all it takes to start a roaring flameThe wood of your heartMay be too wet from your tears now, but soon the kindling will come alive againSo don’t despairWhen the ghosts that dwell within this hollow pit seek you out

All they can really doWhen they invade is just pass through

And make you strongerYes, you’ll be stronger for facing them

You may be lost in a labyrinth, but there’s hopeClues are hidden discreetly through the terrors of this sharp-stoned canopy

You’ll emerge from these trials stronger than beforeThe desert cannot swallow you, you will endure the warThat is waging deep within your bonesRaging in recesses of your soul

So take heart now, my friend. Together we’ll conquer this, my lovely one

Knock on the door of my heart and call out my nameDebris from this house that I’ve built, I’m crushed under its weightShattered glass and chandeliers of a dream I put my faith, oh, I put my faith in

But unless I let you build the house, my labor is in vainSo take this rubble soul and erect a manor once againLately I’ve been late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toilSo hold your weary lover now, and as she rests her fears uncoil...Sleep my love

It won’t be long now, love, keep your head against my heartLet my breath fill your lungs with desire I’ll fulfill every partIt won’t be long, honey, just keep holding on as I bid your fears to departOh, to depart

Because unless you let me build the house, our labor is in vainI’ll take your rubble soul and erect a manor once againLately you’ve been late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toilSo let me hold my weary lover now, and as you rest your fears uncoil...Sleep my love

Because unless you let me build the house, our labor is in vainI’ll take this rubble soul and erect a manor once againLately you’ve been late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toilSo let me hold my weary lover now, and as she rests her fears uncoil...Sleep my loveSleep my loveSleep my love

Locked away in my quiet place, I tremble at the thought of the noiseThough speaking out for truth leads to disgrace, I can’t suppress thelonging in my voice

I just want to be alone for a little while, yeahI just want to be aloneWith you

Boisterous crowds attempt to separate with outcries that propel the falling rainSilently I stand and listen as they’re drowning out the truth with the profaneClose my eyes and feel the rushing wind like fire inside it swells up and eruptsEmblazoned in the ransom blood, proclaim with zeal and no one interrupts

Ahhh

This fortress built around my heart to keep them outTransformed into a work of art, a cathedral nowYou call me out from the dark and on this rock construct your eternal mark

Ahhh

You believed in me when everybody else waveredNow the least that I can do is return the favorI am overwhelmed by your fiery loveYes I am overwhelmed by love

Hard to believe that yesterday, fled for my life cowering in fearConvince me now to quiet down, I’ll never stop declaring you are near

See now, little bird, how the wind blowsTethered hearts hide safely from their dreaded foesFreedom is relative to all I knowHow treacherous the stormy skyThough you’re afraid, you still are made to fly

I made a home in a fox’s denDon’t know when I’ll come back againSo toast with me to simpler daysThe lion’s breath caused quite a haze

There was a time when I felt so aliveYou could see it in the way I cried out heart and soulOh, something had a holdThe strain of love is far too strongIt makes demands my whole life longSomeone had a holdSee that’s the trouble

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I’m fearless in your gazeI could soar into the broken nightInto the unexplored enclave,Little bird, take flight

Another day, another chance to break this habit to beguileI feel a Spirit rushing,Strengthening my bones with every mileSimply spoken, it’s a baptismal washing of sortsAnd although sweat mars my vision, I’ll stick to the course

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I will run, I will runTowards the goal I’ll press on and I will claim my holy prizeI’ll press on to this upward call

So trod along with me, for if we walk our step will not be be hamperedAnd if we run we cannot stumble, our salvation can’t be tampered

With all I have to give, I offer youA partnership, a godly passion, all that is true

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So race along, and call to mind all that you once knewYou’re not alone; in this communion lies your valueSo race along, and call to mind all that you once knew to be trueYou’re not alone; in this communion, learn your value

Hey Mr. sailorCome to the river and seeThe waters rising up andTesting your ardent beliefMe when I sayIt's coming downIf you don't learn to breathe beneath the surfaceYou'll surely drown

Oh the horizonGlistens like the dew fallIng in the desertUnder alabaster wallsWill crumble down, so don't you dare look back.

Time will tell us what we need to knowHide your bluff behind sincerity and watch their trust growNevermore to victimize respiteOr my dear, did you have something very different in mind?All of this is far beyond my dreams. Hiding in plain sight

I took a call todayFrom someone I didn't knowI took a chance awayTo hitchhike anywhere I goOn thinking the same old peace of mindI think I finally understand the proverb “love is blind”

And as I travelledI pitched a tent along the roadWay in the sunlightSet up a hammock where wind blowsWarmly carrying this tune.

The alabaster walls will quake and crumble downBut I'll follow you to where freedom abounds

I’m on this spontaneous journeyStill seeing Him glow like moonlightOverwhelmed by Your love that consumes meI fly

Who am IThat you should come to meAnd bring with you my Lord?Oh, I’ve been waitingFor so long nowA dead, dry heart discovers it can still beat

Come magnify the Lord with me

[Chorus]My soul proclaims the greatness of the LordAnd my spirit rejoicesIn God my SaviorOh, He has lookedWith favor on His lowly servantFrom this day onAll generations will call me blessed

The Almighty has done great things for me and holy is His nameHe has mercy on those who fear Him in every generationHe has shown the strength of His armHe has scattered the proud in their conceitHe has cast down the mighty from their thronesAnd lifted up the lowly

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He has filled the hungry with good thingsAnd the rich He has sent away emptyHe has come to the help of His servant, Israel

For He remembered His promise of mercyThe promise He made to our fathersTo Abraham and His children forever

Do you knowDo you knowWhere to goWhen darkness closes in?Take my handTake my handI’ll lead you to the Promised Land

Ahhh

His Jealous love will overtake youHe will fight and you need only to be stillAnd bursting forth from His side spills mercyThat’s what He wantsThat’s where He wants youAnd that’s what you wantThat’s what you want, too

Do you knowDo you knowWhere to goWhen death is at your door?Take my handTake my handI’ll lead you to the Promised Land